Did you ever notice that when things worth writing about in your LJ are happening, there’s no time to write about it in your LJ? That kind of describes the past few days for me.

Over the weekend, we were graced by the company of zenwolph, perro, pandaguy, brophey, and rasslor. We hit the high points from past parties – Carolina Brewing Company, the NC State Farmers Market, and a new addition – Silvia d’Italia Gelato Cafe. In between all that we had some good food, some nice relaxing downtime, and the funniest game of CatchPhrase I’ve ever been a part of. It was a lovely weekend, and I’m very glad everyone could make it. I’m looking ahead to October and the North Carolina State Fair – if we’re still around, that might be a good opportunity to get some folks together. We’ll keep folks up to date as plans evolve.

The bummer of the weekend was Brophey’s car problems. Everything was fine until Sunday, when the car just wouldn’t start. They stuck around Sunday night and had the car towed to the dealership. The dealership, unfortunately, took a while figuring out what was wrong, and when they finally did they had to go hunting for the part. This meant another night in Raleigh for Brophey and Rasslor. It sucked, but at least the company was good – dinners at Dakota Grill and Outback were enjoyed. They finally got the car fixed and the wolf and the bear got on the road around 2:30 PM Tuesday.

Tuesday night, Takaza and I mainly just sat and watched TiVo. Very nice, very relaxing.

Today, well it’s been a bit crazy. After a morning spent doing the usual job hunting, I got a call from a recruiter. Unfortunately, it was for a company that I interviewed with back in October of last year. Nuts. Then it was off to run some errands – a bit of shopping at Target and Kohl’s, and then grocery shopping. Oh yeah, and one more minor thing: I stopped by North Carolina State University to register for some classes.

Yes, I registered for three classes at NC State, part of the HACCP Coordinator training (FACCP = Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Point) – Intro to HACCP, Good Manufacturing Practices, and Sanitary Standard Operating Procedures. The nice thing is that they are Internet classes, designed so that I really never even have to go on campus if need be. If I get a job and have to move, it’s not a problem. With any luck, this might be a foot in the door into the pharmaceutical or food engineering fields. I’ll write more about this later – time to go to work on dinner!